Romanian Noble and Princely Families


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Thanks,dear Lenora,i thought to present interesting descendents of voivodes,boyars of the ancient times,i hope will find materials about them,for sure,i admire very much the involvement,achievement of Princess Maria Sturdza in charities,helping the orphan children of Romania,a wonderful
mission which she is dedicated to.
 
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Actually Alexandru Ioan Cuza had no legitimate descendants, only two illegitimate sons, who died fairly young: Alexandru and Dumitru. Their mother was Elena Catargi.
Her legitimate wife, she was also called Elena, was related to the noble families of Sturdza, Bals and Cantacuzino. But unfortunately she couldn't bear him a child.
 
Actually Alexandru Ioan Cuza had no legitimate descendants, only two illegitimate sons, who died fairly young: Alexandru and Dumitru. Their mother was Elena Catargi.
Her legitimate wife, she was also called Elena, was related to the noble families of Sturdza, Bals and Cantacuzino. But unfortunately she couldn't bear him a child.
Thank you!If I've understood right way,his illegitimate sons had no children,hadn't they?
 
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Both of them died in their 20s, so I don't think they had any descendants. Anyway I have found no any further info about them.
 
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Prince Serban Dimitrie Sturdza
'Upon his return to Romania in 1999, Prince Serban Dimitrie Sturdza has made a commitment to resort justice not only by claiming back former properties on the family but also restoring the family reputation. Having been educated in France, Prince Sturdza has identified many exceptional business opportunities in Romania, an emerging market with a lot of potential.'
SOURCE :The Romanian noble family of Sturdza and their passion for perfection CPP-LUXURY
Sturdza family
 
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Really interesting links! I'm new here and I would like to ask something that is related to this topic. There are many ancient Romanian noble/boyar families. What is there situation nowadays in modern Romania and Moldova? Especially I am interested in family Dragoş, since my great-grandmother was Dragoş. I'm wondering whether this family are descendants of Prince Dragoş (Voda) or is there necessarily any connection? Thank you!
 
The descendants of Dragos became nobles with a hungarian surname Draggfy.

Yes, I know that. I know also that some of his descendants were called Dragoşeşti and for example Dimitrie Cantemir mentioned this noble family centuries later. I also know that Dragoş is still considered as a noble family by many. Today, the whole concept of a noble family is just a little bit different and it has not necessarily any practical meaning any more. :)
 
Princess Martha Bibescu (1886-1973) and her relationships with Royals

One of the most famous european writers of the XXth century, Princess Martha Bibescu (born Lahovary) , was a close friend to different european Royal from the Imperial House of Germay, Royal Family of Romania, Imperial House of Russia, Royal House of Spain, royal House of Bulgaria,Royal House of Greece, Royal House of Belgium and Imperial House of Austria.She wrote about them in her diaries and we know interesting details about European Royalty from her books.
Beautiful, intelligent, protector of arts but also involved in european diplomacy, Princess Martha Bibescu remains a symbol of a modern woman.
She was loved or admired by famous men (King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King Ferdinand I of Romania, Kronprinz Wihelm of Germany) and she remained till her end in the exile (she died in 1973) a witness of the political and cultural changes in Europe.
Today her descendants (princes Ghyka Comanesti) try to have back her palace of Mogosoaia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthe_Bibesco

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uthrc/00372/hrc-00372p1.html

http://www.romanianculture.org/personalities/Marthe_Bibesco.htm

http://surprising-romania.blogspot.com/2009/04/marthe-princess-bibesco.html

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._Boldini.jpg/250px-Marthe_Bibesco_Boldini.jpg

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ro/thumb/c/c1/Martha_Bibescu.jpg/220px-Martha_Bibescu.jpg

http://lectiadeistorie.files.wordpr...omanesti-valentina-bibescu-martha-bibescu.jpg

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Mogosoaia Palace:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g6YAoWeUE_A/S8npQ30BkuI/AAAAAAAAJdU/4cf3Q79XVFw/s1600/Imagine2245.jpg

http://timp-liber.acasa.ro/uploads/photos/440x330/440x330_017624-mogosoaia3.jpg

http://travelsplendid.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Palatul-Mogosoaia.jpg

http://www.romeohuidu.com/d/673-2/castelul_mogosoaia6.jpg

http://storage0.dms.mpinteractiv.ro/media/1/1/1688/5822951/1/palatul-mogosoaia.jpg?width=400
 
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Recently I've read interesting information about Dimitri Cantemir,who was Prince of Moldavia (1693-1711) .Defeated by the Turks,he found refuge in Russia and was under the protection of Russian tsar ,Peter I the Great.He was a prominent writer and was highly entitled,but it appears that he has no living descendants,as all of children or grand-children remained childless and thus their title and properties disappeared.
Dimitrie Cantemir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Does anyone know more information?
 
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Sturdza

Is Princess Francoise of Switzerland a member of the Romanian Family and is Princess Marina Sturdza related to her??? What is her family tree?
 
Switzerland does not have a royal family. There is no Princess of Switzerland.
 
I found that the Sturdza are a Romanian noble family holding princely titles.
One Prince Sturdza was Romanian ambassador to Denmark, thus I believe the title really exists.

There are some descendants living in Switzerland and having Swiss passports - one is a former tennis pro who played for Switzerland in the Davis Cup, thus he at least has a Swiss passport.

Thus I could imagine that "Francoise Sturdza" has a right to the title princess but that the "of Switzerland" only means that she is a Swiss national. I found pics of her with eg Beatrice of Bourbon-Two-Sicilies, so I think she is genuine. But maybe she is divorced from a Prince Sturdza?
 
The Princely family of Sturdzas are a very noble family, and they combine romanian, wallachian, moldavian and greek blood. Some of them have been the rulers of the Princedome of Wallachai and Moldavia.
Roxane Sturdza, descendant of this family has been romantically involved to Count Ioannis Capodistrias, Minister of Foreign affairs to the Tzar Alexander I and First Gouvernor of Greece.
Actually, there is a Prince Michail-Dimitri Sturdza who writes very good books about noble families of Greece, Constantinople, Balcan States etc etc. Very interesting and high level.
 
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Françoise is the former wife of Prince Eric Ioan Sturdza (Youngest brother of the head of the family, Dimitrie G. Sturdza (the 30x national Tennis champion in Switzerland . Fraçoise is today married to Gregory David Roberts (who wrote the monumental book "Shantaram")
Françoise was allowed to continue to carry the title through a family decree.

The families last sovereign prince was Prince Mihail Sturdza of Moldavia 1795-1884 - reigned : 1834 to 1849.
 
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Digi24 presents the life of Prince Vladimir Ghika (who will be proclaimed Blessed by the Catholic Church during a solemn Mass presided by Cardinal Amato in Bucharest on the 31st August 2013):

Un sfânt îngropat f?r? cruce. Monseniorul Vladimir Ghika a murit la Jilava, dup? doi ani de tortur?

Priest who died of hunger in Communist prison to be beatified | CatholicHerald.co.uk

A priest who died of cold and hunger in a Communist prison will be beatified as a martyr in Romania. Archbishop Ioan Robu of Bucharest said the sanctity of Mgr Vladimir Ghika had “given us an important new example of a life lived for Church and faith”. Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints’ Causes, is scheduled to celebrate the beatification Mass in Bucharest’s Romexpo exhibition centre on Saturday.

Archbishop Robu said that Mgr Ghika would represent many other “unknown and unrecognised Christian martyrs” who died in Romania during four decades of Communist rule, which ended in December 1989. “This latest beatification proves the Church doesn’t forget those who generously gave their lives in this way, whose testimonies can still be understood and valued by contemporary society,” the archbishop said.

Mgr Ghika was born on December 25, 1873, in Istanbul, where his father was Romania’s representative at the Ottoman court. He was one of six children in an Orthodox family. He studied in Paris and in Toulouse, France, his mother’s home country, and received a theology doctorate in 1898 at Rome’s Dominican College. He was received into the Catholic Church on April 15, 1902, but was persuaded by Pope Pius X, whom he knew personally, to remain a lay man in order to evangelise more effectively among non-Catholics.

After aiding the sick in Thessaloniki, Greece, he moved to Bucharest, where he founded Romania’s first free clinic, as well as a hospital and sanatorium, before returning to France to care for the displaced and wounded during the First World War. In 1921, he was awarded the Legion of Honor for helping restore France’s diplomatic ties with the Holy See. On October 7, 1923, he was ordained in Paris and was authorised to conduct liturgies in both the Latin and Eastern Catholic rites.

Mgr Ghika returned to Romania at the outbreak of the Second World War to organise help for refugees and bombardment victims. Having rejected advice to leave the country after the Communists seized of power, he was arrested on November 18, 1952, for refusing to break ties with the Vatican, and survived more than 80 violent interrogations before being sentenced to three years’ incarceration at Romania’s infamous Jilava prison, where he died, emaciated, on May 16, 1954.
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